Puvungna On September 19, 2015 I joined the class on the trip to Puvungna, which is also known as the “Gathering Place” for Native Americans. I have known that Puvungna was located on campus but I have never gone to look around. The site is located right along Earl Warren Drive on campus and behind the Japanese Garden which was populated by the Tongva tribe. In 1974 Puvungna was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. This museum is very different to a museum that we all know of. The artifacts that are on the site are not behind glass cases like artifacts would be if they were at a museum that many of us are use to. CSULB tried to build on the land and were stopped by the community of Puvungna. People protested and said that they
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The community then fought by sleeping on the land so they could not do any work on it. I am glad that this site was kept because it means a lot to the tribe and it would have been wrong to take something that is essential to people who care for it. On my visit to Puvungna I learned many new things about the site, such as that it was not a burial ground for Native American people. I learned that the land is very sacred to the native people because of all the ceremonies and history that has happened. One thing that I learned that I thought was very interesting, was that Puvungna was a natural spring. The site is a large field of brown grass with trees and bushes on its landscape. The first thing that I noticed when I first got there were the red ribbons that were tied around the trees. I also noticed the that there were wood posts sticking up from above the ground and there were also a …show more content…
Even though artifacts are not behind glass cases and there are no exhibits going on, just hearing the stories of what goes on at Puvungna and being able to see where people come and have their ceremonies and also to do their prayers. After I left the site I had many questions that I did not think of while I was on my visit at Puvungna. When are ceremonies taking place at Puvungna? During the ceremonies what is going on and how long do they go on for? This question that I have was answered on the visit, but I forgot the answer, what do the sacred colors stand for? These are the questions that I have as of right now and that I can think
The community then fought by sleeping on the land so they could not do any work on it. I am glad that this site was kept because it means a lot to the tribe and it would have been wrong to take something that is essential to people who care for it. On my visit to Puvungna I learned many new things about the site, such as that it was not a burial ground for Native American people. I learned that the land is very sacred to the native people because of all the ceremonies and history that has happened. One thing that I learned that I thought was very interesting, was that Puvungna was a natural spring. The site is a large field of brown grass with trees and bushes on its landscape. The first thing that I noticed when I first got there were the red ribbons that were tied around the trees. I also noticed the that there were wood posts sticking up from above the ground and there were also a …show more content…
Even though artifacts are not behind glass cases and there are no exhibits going on, just hearing the stories of what goes on at Puvungna and being able to see where people come and have their ceremonies and also to do their prayers. After I left the site I had many questions that I did not think of while I was on my visit at Puvungna. When are ceremonies taking place at Puvungna? During the ceremonies what is going on and how long do they go on for? This question that I have was answered on the visit, but I forgot the answer, what do the sacred colors stand for? These are the questions that I have as of right now and that I can think